Daily Voting News For December 14, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner released the results of her EVEREST (Evaluation & Validation of Election-Related Equipment, Standards & Testing) report. There is a lot of interesting reading for the technical types and for the non-technical among us.
Brunner has, with input from a bi-partisan group of county elections people, recommended that changes be made before
next years elections; no DREs, no Precinct-Based Optical Scan, hand-marked paper ballots to be counted on Central-Count
Optical Scan except for the use of Ballot Marking Devices for voters with disabilities, early voting up to 15 days, and
voting centers. One has to hope that if all of the counting is going to take place on CCOS machines that no vendors will
be involved in that counting and that the counting be open to the public. One pleasant surprise was that Brunner went
farther than the rumors said she would go. Not only did she release her “Executive Summary” but the technical reports
were released at the same time. Thank you for that openness, Secretary Brunner....
NAtional: Midwest Voter Registration Data-Sharing Project Moves Forward Kansas leads groups of states crosschecking
information; Advocates voice concern LINK
National: Voting Chief Tanner Resigns LINK
National: UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections LINK
National: Post-Election Auditing: A View From The "Summit" LINK
National: VoteRescue Radio, Sunday, 2-4pm CST Blockbuster Show! LINK
Georgia: 57 Lacked Photo IDs in Elections LINK
Ohio: Study: Voting Systems Vulnerable LINK
Ohio: Brunner declares Ohio's voting systems vulnerable LINK
Ohio: Brunner: Ohio's vote vulnerable LINK
Ohio: Report finds voting equipment flaws LINK
Ohio: Ohio's electronic voting system vulnerable, report says LINK
Ohio: Ohio Secretary of State confirms 2004 election could have been stolen LINK
Ohio: Official: Ohio Vote Machines Vulnerable LINK
Ohio: Statement of Premier Election Solutions in Response to Today's Release of the Ohio EVEREST Voting System Review LINK
Ohio: 'Critical Security Failures’ Leads Ohio Sec. Of State To Recommend Ban of DRE (Touch-Screen) Voting Machines LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Secretary of State wants new voting system in Cleveland LINK
Virginia: 37th District Recount Set for Next week Candidates disagree over the degree to which votes should be studied. LINK
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